List of battle and theatre honours of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers

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The Indian Army Corps of Engineers has distinguished itself in battle and has been awarded many battle and theatre honours. These honours have been awarded to individual units of the Corps or to the three Groups, namely the Madras Sappers, the Bengal Sappers and the Bombay Sappers. This list is a union of the battle and theatre honours awarded to these three groups of the Corps of Engineers and does not include those earned by disbanded engineer and pioneer units or corps. [1] : 312–314 

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Prior to World War I

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References

  1. ↑ Singh, Sarbans (1993) Battle Honours of the Indian Army 1757 - 1971. Vision Books (New Delhi) ISBN   81-7094-115-6
  2. ↑ Spelling later changed to "Affghanistan"by Gazette notification.
  3. ↑ Also spelt as "Gujrat" or "Gujerat".


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